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Welcome to Nourishing Connections. I hope you will discover more and more about God, and God’s extraordinary world, as you explore this site.
I was ordained in 1980 and have loved serving as a curate, missionary, theologian, vicar, bishop, and mission theologian, in London, Kenya, Cambridge, Islington, Sherborne, and the global South of the Anglican Communion. Now living in retirement in Cambridge, I am an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely and Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, which I founded in 1996.
The seven paintings of Women in the Bible, at the top of each section, are by Silvia Dimitrova. We enjoyed working together on this project from 2003-2020 and my accompanying poems are in the poetry section. Tristan Latchford has composed seven anthems on these paintings and poems and the world premiere was on 14 June 2023 at St Stephen, Walbrook, London. A 17 min Fugue State Films film of the premiere may be seen here and the concert programme (with biblical texts, photos of the paintings, poems and bios) may be seen here.
I am very grateful to the editors and publishers of the books, journals and websites where these publications first appeared.
28. Commissioning of Matthias Grebe as Ecumenical Adviser to the Church of England
13/01/2026 From Ponderings
My desctription of the commissioning service of the Revd Dr Matthias Grebe, in Lambeth Palace Chapel, 26 Feb 2026, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dame Sarah Mullally, as National Adviser for Ecumenical Relations to the Church of England.
Nourishing Memories Chap 10: Kabare, Kenya, 1985-88
09/10/2025 From Nourishing Memories
Chapter 10 of my cumulative online memoir, Nourishing Memories, describes our first impressions of Kabare, St Andrew's Institute staff and courses, our family, the influence of Bishop David Gitari, three international conferences and a Kenyan Service of Holy Communion. It was published originally as 'David Gitari and a Kenyan Service of Holy Communion' on Covenant on 9 Oct 2025.
27. Lived Mission in the 21st Century - Book Review
03/09/2025 From Ponderings
My review of Lived Mission in the 21st Century: Ecumenical and Postcolonial Perspectives (SCM Press, 2024), edited by Benjamin Aldous, Harvey Kwiyani, Peniel Rajkumar and Victoria Turner, for Theology 2025 (July/Aug), Vol 128, Issue 4.
26. Daily Life with God in Kenya
02/09/2025 From Ponderings
Scripts of my six radio meditations for the Voice of Kenya Daily Service (April 3-8, 1989) presented when I was Vice Principal of St Andrew’s Institute, Kabare, Kenya. First published on Covenant, the online journal of The Living Church, 12 Aug 2025.
25. Life Beyond Death - Heaven and Bach. Radio 4 Lent Talk
19/04/2025 From Ponderings
My BBC Radio 4 Lent Talk on Sun 13 April 2025, 7.45-8pm, audio file and script. Last in the series of six, by various presenters, on the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed.